Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18569

Sowing Seeds of Mobility: The Gendered Impact of Land Reform

Ting Chen, Jiajia Gu, L. Rachel Ngai, Jin Wang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18509

Mitigating Mobility Frictions: The Effect of Cash-on-Hand on Labor Mobility

Karim Bekhtiar, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17806

The Role of Business Visits in Fostering R&D Investment

Massimiliano Tani, Marco Vivarelli, Mariacristina Piva

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17398

Inventors' Coworker Networks and Innovation

Sabrina Di Addario, Zhexin Feng, Michel Serafinelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17213

Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock

David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15902

Train Drain? Access to Foreign Workers and Firms' Provision of Training

Maria Esther Oswald-Egg, Michael Siegenthaler

published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 85, 102436

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15613

Preference for Redistribution during Structural Change with Labor Mobility Frictions

Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 77, 102316

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15004

Labor Mobility and Innovation in Africa

Linguère Mously Mbaye, Assi Okara, Massimiliano Tani

published in: Journal of African Economies, 2024, 23 (5), 457–488

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12554

Displacement, Diversity, and Mobility: Career Impacts of Japanese American Internment

Jaime Arellano-Bover

published in: Journal of Economic History, 2022, 82 (1), 126-174

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12271

Understanding Migration Aversion Using Elicited Counterfactual Choice Probabilities

Gizem Kosar, Tyler Ransom, Wilbert van der Klaauw

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2022, 231 (1), 123-147

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11481

Status and Progress in Cross-Border Portability of Social Security Benefits

Robert Holzmann, Jacques Wels

published in: International Social Security Review, 2020, 73(1), 65-107

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11196

Public Funding and Corporate Innovation

Mathias Beck, Martin Junge, Ulrich Kaiser

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10365

The Rise of the Free Movements: How Posting Shapes a Hybrid Single European Labour Market

Ninke Mussche, Vincent Corluy, Ive Marx

published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2018, 24 (2), 113–127

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10273

Comparative Advantage and Agglomeration of Economic Activity

Michael P. Pflüger, Takatoshi Tabuchi

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2019, 109, 1-13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9583

Are Working Time Accounts Beneficial for German Establishments?

Lutz Bellmann, Olaf Hübler

published as 'Working time accounts and firm performance in Germany' in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2015, 4:24

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9258

New Evidence on Mobility and Wages of the Young and the Old

Jörgen Hansen, Damba Lkhagvasuren

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9024

Fiscal Decentralization, Rural Industrialization, and Undocumented Labor Mobility in Rural China (1982-87)

Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen

published in: Regional Studies, 2016, 50 (9), 1469-1482

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8746

A Global Assessment of Human Capital Mobility: The Role of Non-OECD Destinations

Erhan Artuc, Frédéric Docquier, Caglar Ozden, Christopher Parsons

published in: World Development, 2015, 65, 6 - 26

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8631

In Search of Opportunities? The Barriers to More Efficient Internal Labor Mobility in Ukraine

Johannes Koettl, Olga Kupets, Anna Olefir, Indhira Santos

published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2014, 3:21

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8246

Taxation and the Long Run Allocation of Labor: Theory and Danish Evidence

Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Jakob R. Munch, Hans Jørgen Whitta-Jacobsen

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 127, 74-86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8033

Educational Diversity and Knowledge Transfers via Inter-Firm Labor Mobility

Marianna Marino, Pierpaolo Parrotta, Dario Pozzoli

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2016, 123 (3), 168-183

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7861

Eastern Partnership Migrants in Germany: Outcomes, Potentials and Challenges

Costanza Biavaschi, Klaus F. Zimmermann

revised version published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2014, 3:7

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7715

Amerisclerosis? The Puzzle of Rising U.S. Unemployment Persistence

Olivier Coibion, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Dmitri Koustas

published in: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2013, 47 (2), 193-26

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7703

Informality and Mobility: Evidence from Russian Panel Data

Fabian Slonimczyk, Vladimir Gimpelson

revised version published in: Economics of Transition, 2015, 23(2), 299–341

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7663

Full Employment: A Distant Dream for Europe

Indermit Gill, Johannes Koettl, Truman Packard

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7646

Tax Me If You Can! Optimal Nonlinear Income Tax between Competing Governments

Etienne Lehmann, Laurent Simula, Alain Trannoy

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014, 129 (4), 1995-2030

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7643

Party Membership and State Jobs in Urban China

Yuanyuan Ma, Patrick Paul Walsh

published in: Asian Economic Papers, 2017, 16(2), 167-184

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7470

The Role of University Scientist Mobility for Industrial Innovation

Ann-Kathrine Ejsing, Ulrich Kaiser, Hans Christian Kongsted, Keld Laursen

published as 'Experience Matters: The Role of Academic Scientist Mobility for Industrial Innovation' in: Strategic Management Journal, 2018, 39 (7), 1935-1958

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7285

Migration Strategies of the Crisis-Stricken Youth in an Enlarged European Union

Martin Kahanec, Brian Fabo

published in: Transfer: European Review of Labor and Research, 2013, 19 (3), 365-380

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6940

The Economics of Circular Migration

Amelie F. Constant, Olga Nottmeyer, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: A. F. Constant, K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 3, 55-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6843

Does Emigration Benefit the Stayers? Evidence from EU Enlargement

Benjamin Elsner

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 531-553

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6540

Quit Behavior and the Role of Job Protection

Anne C. Gielen, Konstantinos Tatsiramos

published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (4), 624 - 632

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6521

Land Use Rights, Market Transitions, and Labor Policy Change in China (1980-4)

Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6485

Labor Mobility in an Enlarged European Union

Martin Kahanec

published in: A. F. Constant, K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, pp. 137-152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6188

Demographic Divide and Labor Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

Mehmet S. Tosun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6119

Sizing It Up: Labor Migration Lessons of the EU Enlargement to 27

Amelie F. Constant

published in: European Migration and Asylum Policies: Coherence or Contradiction, C. Gortázar, C. Parra, B. Segaert, and C. Timmerman, editors. Bruylant: Belgium, 2012, 49-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5691

Unraveling the Role of Public Researcher Mobility for Industrial Innovation

Ann-Kathrine Ejsing, Ulrich Kaiser, Hans Christian Kongsted

new version 'The Role of University Scientist Mobility for Industrial Innovation' published as: IZA DP 7470; published as 'Experience Matters: The Role of Academic Scientist Mobility for Industrial Innovation' in: Strategic Management Journal, 2018, 39(7), 1935-1958

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5654

Labor Mobility, Social Network Effects, and Innovative Activity

Ulrich Kaiser, Hans Christian Kongsted, Thomas Rønde

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 110, 91–105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4640

Seeking Similarity: How Immigrants and Natives Manage at the Labor Market

Olof Aslund, Lena Hensvik, Oskar Nordström Skans

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32(3), 405–442

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4463

Fiscal Competition for Imperfectly-Mobile Labor and Capital: A Comparative Dynamic Analysis

David Wildasin

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (11-12), 1312-1321

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4166

Global Aging and Fiscal Policy with International Labor Mobility: A Political Economy Perspective

Mehmet S. Tosun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3838

Repeated Job Quits: Stepping Stones or Learning about Quality?

Anne C. Gielen

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:7

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3187

No Education, No Good Jobs? Evidence on the Relationship between Education and Labor Market Segmentation

Carmen Pagés, Marco Stampini

revised version published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2009, 37(3), 387-401

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3176

Regional Unemployment and Human Capital in Transition Economies

Štepán Jurajda, Katherine Terrell

published in: Economics of Transition, 2009, 17 (2), 241–274

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2932

Performance Pay, Training and Labor Mobility

Anne C. Gielen

revised version published as 'Profit Sharing for Increased Training Investments' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations. 2011, 49 (4), 643-665.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2865

Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in the Netherlands 1999-2003

Lex Borghans, Ben Kriechel

published in: Edward Lazear and Katryn Shaw (eds.), The Structure of Wages: An International Comparisons, NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1618

Making Sense of Bolkestein-Bashing: Trade Liberalization under Segmented Labor Markets

Gilles Saint-Paul

published in: Journal of International Economics, 2007, 73 (1), 152-174

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1368

Job Stability Trends, Layoffs, and Transitions to Unemployment: An Empirical Analysis for West Germany

Annette Bergemann, Antje Mertens

revised version published as 'Job Stability Trends, Lay-offs, and Transitions to Unemployment in West Germany' in: Labour, 2011, 25 (4), 421–446

IZA Discussion Paper No. 447

Mobility within Europe – What do we (still not) know?

Michael Fertig, Christoph M. Schmidt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 287

Efficiency Properties of Labor Taxation in a Spatial Model of Restricted Labor Mobility

Patrik Guggenberger, Ashok Kaul, Martin Kolmar

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2002, 32 (4), 447-473

IZA Discussion Paper No. 111

Sectoral Restructuring and Labor Mobility: A Comparative Look at the Czech Republic

Vit Sorm, Katherine Terrell

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2000, 28 (2) 431-455